Barack Obama seems to be “at peace with himself,” mused a wistful Angela Merkel a few months after retiring as German chancellor in 2021. But: “I’m still searching.” In the interview with Der Spiegel, ...

Angela Merkel has set out to secure her reputation in a 700-page memoir in which the former German chancellor defends her 16 years in office. Critics increasingly believe that her leadership led ...

BERLIN - Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for ...

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel about a new chapter of leadership in the United States. Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years, the only ...

Attempts by German chancellor Angela Merkel to form a coalition government have collapsed — earning a rebuke from the German President, who... In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's Coalition Talks ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers that it’s in Germany’s interests to arm the Kurdish fighters who are battling Islamic extremists in Iraq. The government decided Sunday to ...

Members of Germany's center-left Social Democrats (SPD) have endorsed a deal to form a governing coalition with the party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, paving the way for Merkel to lead Germany ...

Germany will never be neutral when it comes to Israel, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Jewish newspaper. “The heinous crime committed by Germany against the Jews, the betrayal of all civilized values ...